Amesbury, MA. May 31st, 2017 -- Following the successful weekend at Lime Rock Park, Turner Motorsport changes gears to prepare for round five of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship on the 2.35-mile 14-turn street course of Belle Isle located inside the Motorcity of Detroit, Michigan.

The No. 96 Turner BMW M6 GT3 of Bret Curtis and Jens Klingmann is set for Saturday afternoon’s 100-minute Chevrolet Sports Car Classic which will mark the second street course race for GTD this season.

The driver pair will return back behind the wheel of their BMW M6 GT3 for the first time since Circuit of the Americas last month where they captured their strongest race result thus far this season with a strong fifth place finish.

Last year, the Turner M6 GT3s endured a hard fought battle on the streets of Belle Isle with numerous cautions on the extremely bumpy and narrow course. Despite the difficult race, Curtis and Klingmann were able to pull off a strong ninth place finish.

“Racing our BMW M6 GT3 on street circuits is a bit of a challenge for us,” said Jens Klingmann. “Last year we had a very hard fought race here at Detroit so I am hoping we can use what we learned last year and use it to our benefit this weekend. Bret and I have some built up momentum after our fifth place finish in Austin so hopefully we can score a podium in Detroit.”

On track action from Detroit begins on Friday, June 2nd for practice followed by WeatherTech Championship Qualifying with GTD starting at 4:55pm ET.

“Not sure how I feel about going to another street circuit , It’s another closed in opportunity for Lexus to leave their mark," said Will Turner. "Hopefully it won’t be with us this time! I am also still concerned with the balance of performance (BOP). IMSA made some minor adjustments to the Mercedes for this race, not nearly enough in my opinion, but at least they did something to the manufacturer that displays their title sponsor on the side. On a positive note Detroit is always a great venue – lots of BMW fans cheering us on so looking forward to the weekend.”

The No. 96 BMW M6 GT3 of Curtis and Klingmann will take the green flag at 12:40pm ET on Saturday for the Chevrolet Sports Car Classic which will be televised LIVE on Fox Sports 2.

Turner Motorsport has teamed up with one of its partners, IHG Rewards Club to bring race fans a brand new, dynamic and entertaining way to interact with the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The www.podiumpredictor.com allows fans to predict who will finish first, second and third in all classes for each round of IMSA racing.

Fans predictions will go head to head with predictions made by a rotation of celebrities and any fans who out do the celebrities scores will be entered into drawings for cool prizes like 50,000 IHG Rewards Club points. Points can be redeemed for hotel stays all around the world in IHG’s 5,000+ properties.

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About Turner Motorsport

Turner Motorsport is the leading BMW tuner in North America, bringing technology and expertise from the racetrack to the street for over two decades. Since 1993 the Turner Motorsport Team has competed in over 353 professional races, winning seven professional racing championships in four different series since 2003. The most recent being the 2014 Team Championship in the GTD-class of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship. Their success is passed into every component that Turner Motorsport designs and sells through their comprehensive website and performance showroom. Our Race Team, R&D Engineers and Sales Team work together, ensuring practical knowledge and state-of-the-art engineering flow in both directions. Few companies in North America can claim such a close relationship to what they sell and what they race.